Essays about: "Tsunami"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 essays containing the word Tsunami.

1. 11. When a natural disaster occurs during a conflict – Catalyst or obstacle for peace? : A comparative case study of the insurgency in Aceh, Indonesia and the Sri Lankan civil war in relation to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Joanne van der Vlist; [2020]
   Keywords : Indian Ocean tsunami 2004; Aceh; Indonesia; Free Aceh Movement; Gerakan Aceh Merdeka GAM ; Sri Lanka; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE ; Tamil Tigers; civil war; peace; rational choice theory RCT ;

   Abstract : Superficial information of the civil wars in Aceh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka creates the idea that both conflicts were in similar situations when they were hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It thus seems surprising that in the wake of the tsunami, the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia signed a peace agreement, while the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Government of Sri Lanka returned to war. READ MORE

3. 12. Evaluation of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessments : Philosophical Review of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessment Models Applied to Nuclear Power Plants - Fukushima Daiichi Accident as a Case Study

   University essay from KTH/Filosofi

   Author : Omed A. Rawandi; [2020]
   Keywords : Probabilistic Risk Assessment; PRA; Probabilistic Safety Assessment; PSA; Uncertainty; Epistemic Uncertainty;

   Abstract : Safety and risk assessment are key priorities for nuclear power plants. Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is a method for quantitative evaluation of accident risk, in particular severe nuclear core damage and the associated release of radioactive materials into the environment. READ MORE

4. 13. Giving, receiving and reciprocating : A qualitative reanalysis of articles studying disaster aid through gift exchange 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Malin Hedenskog; [2020]
   Keywords : Mauss; gift exchange; disaster aid; reanalysis;

   Abstract : The impact of international aid is debated in the scholarly literature. One of the theoretical frameworks used to study aid is developed in the Gift [1925] by Marcel Mauss. However, overall there is a lack of knowledge concerning the understanding of Mauss, and how it can be connected to the distribution of aid. READ MORE

5. 14. A Simulation of Landslide-Generated Waves Using a Fully Implicit ISPH

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Kosei Nishida; [2020]
   Keywords : SPH; Landslide-generated waves; non-newtonian fluid; multiphase flow; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is used to study the mechanisms of landslide-generated waves. As the landslide dynamics and the evaluation of impact forces acting on water are most important, landslide is modelled as a highly viscous fluid. Incompressible SPH (ISPH) is used for fluid simulation. READ MORE

6. 15. Memory in Becoming: Investigating how the memorial landscape architecture affects memory through the lens of affordance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Chenglan Jin; [2020]
   Keywords : Memorial landscape architecture; Tsunami Memorial Gravitational Ripples; Environmental psychology; Space of memory; Phenomenological method.; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper attempt to explore how memories are affected by memorial landscape architecture through a psychological perspective, known as the affordance. In order to conduct this interdisciplinary research including design, psychology and memory studies, this research project is grounded in a case study of the Tsunami Memorial, Gravitational Ripples, in Stockholm. READ MORE